Valance for buggies.



C. W. FISHER.

VALANOE FOR BUGG APPLICATION FILED D1109, 1910. BE H D 113.17, 1912.

JZJ/kfWl/ZEW Attorneys Patented Oct. 1, 1912.

Inventor CHARLES W. FISHER, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

VALANCE FOR BUGGIES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 1, 1912.

Application filed December 9, 1910, Serial No. 596,524. Renewed February17, 1912. Serial No. 678,411.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W.. FISHER, a citizen of the United States,residing at South Bend, in the'county of St. Joseph and State ofIndiana, have invented a new and useful Valance for Buggies, of whichthe following is a specificatlon.

This invention relates to buggies, and more especially to the topsthereof; and the object of the same is to provide an improved valancefor finishing the front of the top.

To this end the invention consists in the construction of the valance ashereinafter more fully described and claimed and as shown in thedrawings wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a buggy top with myimproved valance attached. Fig. 2 is a section therethrough on anenlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of a portion of the buggytop and a portion of the valance detached therefrom.

In the drawings, the letter T designates the top of an ordinary bug andL the lining of said top, both inclosing the bow B as best seen in Fig.2 and which bow is usually of wood, all these part-s needing nofurther'description here. I find that at the juncture between thevalance and the top the rain is sometimes admitted, and in order toavoid this, and at the same time to simplify the construction of parts Iprovide the present invention.

In Fig. 2 the numeral 5 designates a filling or stifiening forming thebody of this valance and which may be of any desired material, and thisfilling is surrounded by the covering which is preferably of leather,numbered 6. This covering extends from the near lower edge of the innerside of the filling as best seen in Fig. 3, where it is stitched as at 7around the lower edge of the filling and up its front face, over its uper edge and down again where it is stitche at 8, and is then deflectedto the rear away from the filling into a bead 9 which of course has nofilling itself, the free edge of the leather 10 returning toward thefilling 5 as indicated. At points along the rear of the filling 5 Iprovide plates 11 having notches 12 in their body W ose mouths 13 areenlarged so as to produce tangs 14 at their lower ends. The tangs 14pierce the covering, and in fact may take the place of the stitching 7,if desired, said tangs forming the means for attaching the plates to thevalance. The upper ends of these plates are bent to the rear as at 15,and serve to hold the bead 9 in the position best seen in Fig. 2. Tacks16 are driven into the front edge of the bow B with their heads notdriven down tightly, and the valance is connected therewith in a mannerwhich I' will now describe.

It will be understood that this improved valance is made of a size andcontour to conform with the front edge of the buggy top T, and it ispreferably covered with leather to correspond with the leather of thetop so that when the valance is in place its appearance will beconsistent. All of the plates 11 are disposed with their slots 12opening downward, or nearly so, and the tacks or screws 16 occur atsufficiently frequent intervals to hold the valance in place withoutfear of it becoming displaced.

To attach the valance, it is brought into position with the months 13 ofthe slots 12 above the tacks, and then pressed downward, and the resultwill be that the bead 9 descends upon the top T of the buggy at the sametime that the shanks of the tacks rise into the upper ends 12 of thenotches in the plates 11. Thereafter it is quite possible to pound witha hammer upon the front of this valance at points opposite the heads ofthe tacks, to sink the latter slightly and to insure a close fit ofparts.

It is obvious that the valance can be removed by simply lifting it outof place, and if the tacks have been impressed with a hammer as justdescribed, the valance will have to be lifted with force enough toovercome he resistance thus produced.

What is claimed 15:

1. A valance for buggy tops comprising a filling conforming with theshape of the bow, a covering therefor attached to its back, passingunder its lower edge up its face and over its upper edge, and projectingthence to the rear into a bead to overlie the buggy top, plates securedto the rear of the filling with their upper ends bent to the rear withinsaid bead and their lower ends having notches, and tacks in the front ofthe bow with which said notches engage.

2. A valance for buggy tops, comprising a filling conforming with theshape of the bow, a covering therefor attached to its back passing underits lower edge, up its face and over its u per edge, and projectingthence to the rear lnto a head to overlie the buggy top, plates securedto the rear of-the filling with their upper ends bent to the rearwithinsaid bead and their lower ends havas my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signa ing notches openilgdownwardly and tgeir ture in the presence oftwo witnesses. lower extremities ormed into tangs ta 'ng through thecovering into the filling, and CHARLES FISHER tacks in the front of thebow with which Witnesses: said notches engage. (has. A. DAVEY,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing CLoYD FUNK.

